This afternoon Mauricio Pochettino was handed a new five-year deal with Tottenham Hotspur which is set to keep him at the club until 2023.

The summer seemed like it could be a turbulent one for Spurs with their manager after his comments on the final day of the Premier League season, with Chelsea one of the teams reportedly ready to pounce.

"We are thinking now we need to make our new stadium home and we know it will be tough in the beginning to settle there.

"I have a very clear idea of what we need to do. I don't know if the club will agree with me or not, but we are going to talk next week to create what I think we need to do together to improve.

"I think Daniel is going to listen to me, but you know sometimes I might have some crazy ideas. With our unbelievable fans, sometimes you need to be brave and take risks. I think the club is in a moment where they need to take risks."

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There has always been a debate between Chelsea fans either what they want in a manager and what they want from the board when it comes to longevity.

The Blues are in a cycle of two years per manager at present and with the expected outgoing of Antonio Conte this summer that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon.

The Italian is on his way out, but he will be leaving Stamford Bridge as a Premier League champions and an FA Cup winner in just two campaigns in England.

Mauricio Pochettino

A boom and bust nature is something that Chelsea fans have become accustomed from under Roman Abramovich's 15-year reign, but it was rumoured that nature was about to change.

The Sun claimed that Chelsea were keen to make Pochettino their new manager at Stamford Bridge this summer when Conte is finally given the boot, but was it really a realistic option?

Unlikely, as even though there was some potential tension between Daniel Levy and Pochettino, it was never going to reach the level of actually blowing up for him to move across London to Stamford Bridge.

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But is the model of what Pochettino brings, the stability and the system, something that Abramovich is still looking to bring into the club?

The first thing that comes to mind is the lack of trophies. Pochettino is much revered for the way that his side play, but the fact that in four seasons he is yet to bring success to his club rings some alarm bells.

That is surely something that would not be accepted at Chelsea after years of success, but maybe with the potential bringing in of Maurizio Sarri there is a style of play that Abramovich wants to adapt to.

From football.london's survey on what Chelsea fans want from their new manager, Pochettino was on top of that list.

With the negative tactics of Jose Mourinho and, at times, Antonio Conte over the past few years, Abramovich is keen to see a more attacking, fluid style of play to the club.

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With it, the idea of a project could finally be a goal realised by the Russian oligarch, with a future of a club and manager finally coming together in harmony to bring a long-term achievement with it.

For many Chelsea fans that may come across as a fantasy, and fair enough after the recent history of a club and an owner who has no qualms in sending top managers out the door.

Sarri is not a winner, yet. His reputation at Napoli and in Serie A is as high as it can be, but winning that elusive Scudetto was a step too far, even after racking up 91 points.